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Boxing Writers Association of America 90th Annual Awards Dinner
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2015
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Cocktails: 6:00 pm
Dinner and Awards: 7:30 pm
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NEW YORK (March 3, 2015) – SHOWTIME Sports will offer boxing fans a chance to relive one of boxing’s most intense and brutal...

Demetrius Andrade put out a press release Monday which poked at Cuban slickster Erislandy Lara. You can see that, below, then a response from Lara, and at bottom, a response to the response from the father of Andrade.
Here it is:
Providence, RI (March 2, 2015)--After WBO number-one ranked Jr. Middleweight Jermell Charlo decided to not fight fight WBO Jr. Middleweight champion Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade, Andrade's father/trainer Paul then turned his attention to a fight with WBA belt holder Erislandy Lara.
"We signed a contract to fight...

BOXING MAKES ITS SPECTACULAR RETURN
TO PRIMETIME NETWORK TELEVISION
ON MARCH 7 WITH PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS ON NBC
LAS VEGAS (March 2, 2015) - In the days of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and Sugar Ray Leonard, sports fans could tune in during primetime on network television and catch the greatest sports stars of the day in the biggest events in the world, without it costing them a cent.
With NBC bringing fights back to primetime network television, the glory days of boxing are making a comeback. NBC's last primetime bout took place in...

IRELAND'S MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTENDERSPIKE O'SULLIVAN ADDED TO "McMAYHEM IN MIDTOWN" CARD
SATURDAY, MARCH 14THAT THE THEATER AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
New York, NY (3/2/15) - Fresh off his victory this past Thursday in Boston, Mass., Ireland's once-beaten middleweight title contender Spike O'Sullivan (19-1, 12KO's) has been added to the eagerly anticipated "McMayhem in Midtown" card, held on Saturday, March 14, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. The event, promoted by DiBella Entertainment, Murphy's Boxing, Ring of Fire Promotions and FDNY...

Less than two weeks to go, we get the return of the Krusher. Kovalev, that is...the Russian born hitter who lives in California, and is one of HBO's cornerstone duo of Eastern Euro grinning wrecking balls, him and Gennady Golovkin. He meets Haitian-born Canadian Jean Pascal March 14 in Montreal. To get your blood simmering, get your pulse racing a bit in anticipation, check out this "Road To" video put together by our friends at HBO.
Have at it, fight...

A gray-haired gentleman in his forties, with his lovely wife clutching his arm, said it best on Saturday night as he exited the Ayva Center in Houston, Texas. “Well, that was different,” he said to his better half as the two strolled to their car after witnessing the eight bouts featured on fledgling promotional company G&M Boxing’s inaugural Fight Night series.
The main event featured Alfonso Lopez, a super middleweight from Corpus Christi, Texas who made it just about as far as any club fighter from the Lone Star State could...

The WBA is keen to have their 168 super champ Carl Froch do a rematch with Andre Ward, and have asked the two men and their camps to start talking. Froch, age 37, tangled with Ward and lost a UD12 in 2011. Ward, age 31 on Feb. 23, has been on the shelf since Nov. 2013, and is thisclose to getting back in the ring, with new promoter Roc Nation helping to plan his course.
Froch snagged the belt from Mikkel Kessler in May 2013, and has won five in a row since the Ward loss. His last two defenses were against George Groves.
Here is the release...

SATURDAY AM UPDATE: Site searching has gotten tougher in the last couple months, with the sudden excess of content out and about, what with the Al Haymon imprint being felt far and wide in the game.
So it was a bit elongated a search when Top Rank looked for a site to place the next bout for their Fighter of the Year, Terence Crawford.
Vegas, no, Nebraska, no. NYC, no. This place booked, that place booked. So the Crawford vs. Thomas Dumorme tangle, with the winner to get a crack at the former holde of the WBO's junior welter strap, Chris...

HEAVYWEIGHT STAR CHRIS ARREOLA SET TO MAKE RETURN ON MARCH 13 FROM THE CITIZENS BUSINESS BANK ARENA IN ONTARIO, CALIF.
ONTARIO, CALIF (Feb. 27, 2015) - Chris "The Nightmare" Arreola (35-4, 31 KOs) returns to the ring on Friday, March 13 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif.
The action-packed card features a pair of exciting main events as Andre Berto goes up against Josesito Lopez and Shawn Porter battles Roberto Garcia on the debut of PBC on Spike TV. The televised bouts on Spike TV begin at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
"I'm...

Full March 14th Card Unveiled
Intriguing fights from top to bottom
Montréal, Friday, February 27th 2015
A very memorable evening awaits all Quebec boxing fans live from the Montreal Bell Centre on Saturday, March 14th 2015 beginning at 7 PM. InterBox and Main Events are proud to announce this breathtaking card stacked with Champions and blue-chip prospects from top to bottom, that will culminate with the much anticipated WBO/WBA/IBF Unified World Light Heavyweight showdown between Champion Sergey Kovalev and...

Quotes & Photos from Kovalev Media Workout in Miami, FLKrusher
Photo Credits: Jose A Pineda/Main Events
Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev
"This fight preparation was totally hard, it's hot because it is Miami. It's hard work in the gym and obviously it's hot outside. Every day is good. Every fight preparation for me is very important whether it is title fight or not.
[About being favored to win] "I am not worried at all about this because if favorite or not favorite, underdog or not underdog, it doesn't matter. I don't care about it.
"I have...

JOHN MOLINA JR. & ABNER MARES MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 26, 2015) - John "The Gladiator" Molina Jr. and Abner Mares held an open workout for Los Angeles media Wednesday before they lace up their gloves for the inaugural Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC show taking place Saturday, March 7 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
These fights are part of the blockbuster card promoted by Goossen Promotions featuring Keith Thurman vs. Robert Guerrero and Adrien Broner vs. John Molina, Jr. that will air live on NBC...

IN DEMAND FURY WANTS “EASY” KLITSCHKO FIGHT BEFORE SECURING DREAM UNIFICATION BOUT WITH AMERICAN SENSATION WILDER
LONDON (26 Feb) - Heavyweight division world champion Wladimir Klitschko would be an “easy fight” according to brash-talking Tyson Fury. The Manchester heavyweight takes on the tough Christian Hammer this weekend at the O2 Arena in London, live and exclusive on BoxNation, and has claimed that a matchup with Klitschko would be a straightforward affair.
26-year-old Fury is the mandatory challenger for Klitschko’s WBO...

We’ve entered the age of the giant heavyweights. The days of a small 5-11 heavyweight with shocking power or a 6’3” heavyweight with legs that can nimbly move about like a bantamweight are gone.
The brothers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko showed the world that height and power can dominate in the heavyweight division. The days of Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali are a foregone era.
Golden Boy Promotions is betting that China’s giant heavyweight Taishan Dong (2-0, 2 Kos) can be the next heavyweight champion. The Beijing bomber meets Roy...

Quotes & Photos From CA Media Lunch
Mikhaylenko, Mohammedi, Glazkov, Chilemba & Lepikhin
Photo Credits: Craig Bennett/Main Events
Czar Glazkov
Photo Credits: Craig Bennett/Main Events
Czar Glazkov
"Preparation is going very good. Training is two to three times a day. I can't predict what is going to happen. I think Steve Cunningham is going to be 100% ready. I am preparing very seriously for every single fight. Every single fight gives me more experience. And every single fight gives me something new to work on. This is...

AN EVENING HONORING GERALD MCCLELLAN SET FOR MARCH 28
EVENT IN FREEPORT TO CELEBRATE 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF NIGEL BENN VS. GERALD MCCLELLAN FIGHT
FREEPORT, IL (Feb. 25, 2015) - On February 25, 1995, Gerald McClellan and Nigel Benn waged one of boxing’s most memorable fights at the New London Arena in London, England.
It was also one of the most tragic.
Stopped in the 10th round by Benn, McClellan was rushed into surgery for a blood clot in the brain, and was left permanently damaged by the fight.
Twenty years later, the former world...

You with me, you thinking this April 18 clash between Ruslan Provodnikov and Lucas Matthysse has fight of the year written all over it? Two men who have no reverse gear will tangle at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, NY on April 18, and on HBO, it was announced today.
Art Pelullo's Banner Promotions looked high and low for a site to place the bout and a card, and turned to Turning Stone for a fight that many say fits in Cali. Pelullo told me that indeed, it was hard to find a site, what with so much boxing popping up, and so many venues...